<p>Former Washington Post tech reporter Taylor Lorenz raised eyebrows when she told British talk show host Piers Morgan that she&#8217;d felt &#8220;joy&#8221; upon learning of the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.</p>
<p>In a video clip that circulated on Monday, Lorenz sparked an immediate reaction from Morgan when she made the comment on his show.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;I felt, along with so many other Americans, joy&#8230;&quot;</p>
<p>Piers Morgan is left astounded as Taylor Lorenz gives her thoughts on the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.</p>
<p>📺 <a href="https://t.co/4ZCtndddDg">https://t.co/4ZCtndddDg</a><a href="https://twitter.com/piersmorgan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@piersmorgan</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/Taylor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Taylor</a> Lorenz <a href="https://t.co/dNzF2jmw8U">pic.twitter.com/dNzF2jmw8U</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Piers Morgan Uncensored (@PiersUncensored) <a href="https://twitter.com/PiersUncensored/status/1866259531145138665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;I do believe in the sanctity of life, and I think that&#8217;s why I felt, along with so many other Americans, joy, unfortunately, you know because —&#8221; she began.</p>
<p>&#8220;Joy?&#8221; Morgan interrupted, his voice incredulous. &#8220;Seriously? Joy at a man&#8217;s execution?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;— it feels like &#8230; maybe not joy, but certainly not — certainly not empathy,&#8221; Lorenz continued. &#8220;Because again, this is a man responsible —&#8221;</p>
<p>Morgan cut in again, showing surveillance video that had caught the execution-style murder, and asking, &#8220;How can this make you joyful? This man is a husband, he&#8217;s a father —&#8221;</p>
<p>Lorenz argued that Thompson was himself guilty of &#8220;murder,&#8221; claiming that he was responsible for &#8220;millions&#8221; of deaths because of his business practices.</p>
<p>&#8220;So are the tens of thousands of Americans — innocent Americans — who died because greedy health insurance executives like this one push policies of denying care to the most vulnerable people,&#8221; she complained, quickly revising down her numbers.</p>
<p>Lorenz went on to say that she had personally watched people she loved &#8220;suffer&#8221; because of people like Thompson.</p>
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<p>Morgan asked whether she&#8217;d be &#8220;more joyful&#8221; if those other executives were killed off as well, and Lorenz continued to backpedal. She claimed that feeling &#8220;joy&#8221; at the death of one did not mean she wanted more of them to die.</p>
<p>Shortly after the clip went viral, Semafor <a href="https://www.semafor.com/article/12/08/2024/taylor-lorenz-and-vox-are-parting-ways" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Vox Media — which partnered with Lorenz to distribute her podcast — was severing ties with her. The report indicated that the contract between Lorenz and Vox was set to expire at the end of the year, and that a decision had been made not to renew that contract prior to her controversial comments.</p>
<p>Lorenz has denied that Vox is walking away from the partnership, promising to reveal all on her podcast in the coming days.</p>

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